InsideSherpa Misrepresentation as Work Experience - End This Trend
I don't know if anyone else is aware of this, but InsideSherpa is a platform that provides "virtual internship experiences" which take 1-4 hrs to complete for a free certificate at the end. I'm posting here to hopefully cancel (not that I particularly like cancel culture in the first place) or at least garner attention to this trend where people put the certificate as work experience on LinkedIn.
It pisses me off more than LinkedIn already does with all the self-gratifying "oh, I'm SOOOO honored by..." bs. I get that people like to stretch the truth, and I'm not out to smear anyone -- I understand that it's been difficult to get internships this summer -- but this isn't just dressing things up. It's misrepresentation and a bad move that could also reflect poorly on peers from your school. There's no way that recruiting isn't aware of this stuff and don't mark it down as bs, right? Inside Sherpa's own policy says it shouldn't be represented as work experience.
Also, it's been annoying having some overzealous freshman pop up when I search for people to network with.
Listing it as a 3 month internship is straight up lying
The kid who I took the screenshot from also had their resume posted. They had it listed in their resume too with basically the same bullet points. Makes me lose more hope for this fake world lmao.
Who cares? Just fyi we are able to see right through this when recruiting. All it takes is a few technical questions. Focus on yourself instead.
Best answer. Not sure why this stuff bothers people.
it's the same people that complain about "Linkedin cringe" just virtue signalling lmao
Thats a fast way to get ding, always be upfront
As an interviewer the last thing you want is to see fake CVs or glorified irrelevant experiences
are interviewers generally aware of these
Do you think interviewers are absolute retards who can't see right through your bullshit?
Whenever I see any M&A / Consulting related experience I always try to hsve a view on what their tasks were, autonomy level and deals / projects.
Trust me its not hard to find bs when you start going deeper
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